View source for Black Light

{{Infobox
|bodystyle = width:30em;
|headerstyle = background:var(--infobox-header-color);
|labelstyle = background:var(--infobox-header-color); width:35%;
|header1 = Series
|header3 = Original Broadcast Date
|header5 = Cast
|header7 = Format
|label10  = Preceded by: 
|label11 = Followed by: 
|data8 = Improv Actors, 61 minutes
|data4  = 4/20/[[:Category:1997|1997]]
|below = [https://www.joefrank.com/?s={{#invoke:URLEncode|encode|{{PAGENAME}}}} Purchase]
|belowstyle= border-top: 1px solid #333;padding-top:5px;
|data6  = [[Tim Jerome]], [[Brother Theodore]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Barbara Sohmers]], [[Patty Hardee]], Joe Frank
|data10 = [[Arena (Remix)]]
|data11 = [[A Death In The Family]]
|data2  = [[Somewhere Out There]]
|
}}

''"It was my night! I owned these people."''

'''Black Light''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Somewhere Out There]]. It was originally broadcast on April 20, [[:Category:1997|1997]].
== Synopsis ==

	After the first story [[Black Light]] is all re-used.

Jean Paul ([[Tim Jerome]]) tells us what a great show he's
putting on: dancing, singing, telling stories and jokes.  Everybody
thinks he's great except one girl.  He talks to her after the show.
He tells the story of his awful life: orphaned at 2, beaten at the
orphanage, running away at 7, terrible jobs, living on the street,
eating out of garbage cans.  She wants him to tell stories from his
life in his act, make it real.  She takes him to her place, they spend
the night.  He rejects her advice: 'That girl!  ha, ha - she was good in bed but she don't know nothing about comedy.'

10:40: Joe calls a counselor, Lorraine Wilson, looking for a
reason to live.<ref>originally in [[No Show]]</ref><ref>

<blockquote>'Frank sits expressionless and unblinking, under an
enormous pair of headphones, looking like a still life of a man in
outer space. He flips a switch that carries his voice to the
glassed-in control booth. "Sharon, get me a crisis hot line."  

'Sharon Bates, a station volunteer, makes the call; when she gets
through, she waves to Frank, who's resumed his usual, distant, off-air
expression.  

'Now he leans forward, his lips nearly touching the
microphone, ready for the hot line. "I do a radio program where I talk
about my life," he tells the counselor. He rests one hand on his
heart. "And because I'm sort of depressed"--his voice takes on a
caressing shimmer--"I thought of calling you on the air."'</blockquote>
<br>[http://articles.latimes.com/1987-11-22/magazine/tm-23630_1_joe-frank 'Radio Noir : On the Air, a Voice Like Dirty Honey Tells Stories Grim as Nightmares. If You Think Radio Is All Top 40, You Haven't Heard Joe Frank.']  </ref>


14:30: Ruminations on darkness and light - [[Arthur Miller]]<ref>originally in [[A Tour Of The City (Part 1)]], in which we know the speaker is Voltgen.</ref>

16: A woman invites someone in, offers him/her a drink.<ref> originally in [[A Tour Of The City (Part 1)]], in which we know the woman is Olga,the someone is Alex </ref> 

17: 'Each of us has contemplated suicide...' (German accent -
[[Brother Theodore]]) talks about suicide.<ref name=Tour1>originally in [[A Tour Of The City (Part 1)]]</ref>

18:30: A fellow says, 'I feel as if something is missing from
my life...' to a therapist ([[Arthur Miller]]) who tries to help him.<ref>originally in
[[A Tour Of The City (Part 2)]] in which we know the fellow is Alex, the 'therapist' is Voltgen.</ref>

21:30: "More And More" by Rockers Hi Fi - 'More and more
about less and less...'

23:30: The suicide bridge<ref name=Tour2> originally in [[A Tour Of The City (Part 2)]]</ref>

25:20: An address from the president.<ref name=Tour1 />

25:50: Surreal business meeting, with bogus words
('fluctuation ratio') and improbable inventory items (spleens and
other body parts).<ref>originally in [[Lies]]</ref>

28:20: Joe calls Patty to sing "I Remember You".<ref name=Dream>originally
in [[Let Me Not Dream]]; music from <i>Party Tyme Karaoke Standards 7</i></ref>

31:10: Joe calls Alison to sing "I Remember You".<ref name=Dream />

34:20: 'Sometimes I sign out a chopper...' Vorst tells of looking at
girls sunbathing on the roof.<ref name=Tour2 />

35:10: Vorst tells of going horseback-riding with a woman.<ref name=Tour2 />

35:50: Vorst talks about how talking to someone in person
distracts.<ref name=Tour2 />

36:50: Vorst urges someone to confess.<ref name=Tour2 />

40:40: Woman tells story of going to a party with her
boyfriend, subsequent relationships with men.<ref>originally in [[The Truth About Women (Part 1)]]</ref>

57:10: Joe calls Amy to sing "I Remember You".<ref name=Dream />

<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:95%; overflow:auto;">
<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">

European accented entertainer talks about telling jokes, being involved with a woman who urges him to use the tragedies of his life in his show. Joe talks to a telephone counselor about being alone, asks "why live?"  A man discusses light and darkness.  A woman welcomes you to her home.  Methods of committing suicide, slow suicide. "Something is missing from my life" dialog. "The sun was still shining," sermon.  Suicide bridge. The president makes an address.  A boardroom discussion of meat products.  Joe telephones ex girlfriends to sing "I Remember You" to them.  A man talks about watching women sunbathing from a helicopter. The glorious history of confession. A woman discusses a past relationship in the second person:  Meeting at a party and playing a truth game, set against quiet guitar music. She describes an ambiguous relationship and dating other people. 
</div></div>

== Music == 
{{Stoned (Manali Cream Mix) (Rockers Hi-Fi) }} [Intro]
{{More and More (The Hidden Persuader) (Rockers Hi-Fi)}} [21:50]
* "[[I Remember You]]" (from ''Party Tyme Karaoke Standards 7'') | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of74msb0Fuc YouTube] [30:05]
{{Fisherman's Daughter (Daniel Lanois)}} [40:54]

== Shared material ==
* [[The Truth About Women (Part 1)|The Truth About Women]]
* [[Black Hole (Remix)]]
* [[Let Me Not Dream]]
* [[Bitter Pill]]
* [[No Show]]
* [[A Tour Of The City (Part 1)]]
* [[A Tour Of The City (Part 2)]]
* [[Lies]]

== Miscellanea ==
* Includes the horrible brass band music (at suicide bridge.)

== Footnotes ==

[[Category:Improv_Actors]]
[[Category:Singing]]
[[Category:Tim Jerome]] 
[[Category:Brother Theodore]] 
[[Category:Arthur Miller]] 
[[Category:Barbara Sohmers]] 
[[Category:Patty Hardee]]
[[Category:Somewhere Out There]]
[[Category:I Remember You]]
[[Category:1997]]
[[Category:Show]]
[[Category:Show_by_date|19970420]]	{{Airdate|airdate=1997-04-20}}
{{Series|series=Somewhere Out There}}{{Cast|cast=[[Tim Jerome]], [[Brother Theodore]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Barbara Sohmers]], [[Patty Hardee]], Joe Frank}}